The Missing Manual
BHS Math 3
BHS Math 3
I have a long explanation of why I hate the Mathematics Vision Project curriculum here. The example that first turned me against this curriculum was the treatment of "discrete functions" in 9th grade. I wrote a long critique of that here.
I think that the MVP curriculum that our children are using at Berkeley High is truly awful. There are some fabulous teachers at BHS who teach effectively in spite of the curriculum. But the curriculum does not lend itself to good teaching, and new teachers are at a huge disadvantage. The goal of this website it to counteract some of the badness of the curriculum for my son.
BHS uses the Mathematics Vision Project curriculum. This curriculum has some shortcomings in my opinion. Notably:
It is heavily discovery-based (a new and largely unproven approach to teaching math).
There are no worked examples. There is virtually no traditional instruction in the book.
There are no answers to select homework problems.
This means that students sitting at home doing their homework often find themselves stuck. And students cannot check that they did a problem correctly until the next day in class, when the teacher reviews the problem. This is way too long a learning cycle in my opinion. In order to compensate for these shortcomings, I'm providing answers to selected homework problems and links to instructional material for Math 3 (which my son is currently enrolled in).
The linked documents contain answers (or in some cases hints) to selected Ready-Set-Go problems. For the more involved problems, I generally wrote out step-by-step solutions. When I found errors in the book, I pointed them out (sadly, there are many).
Disclaimer: I wrote these answer keys out carefully and I double checked all my work, but I am fallible and there may be mistakes (although probably not very many!). Please reach out if you are absolutely convinced that I got something wrong, and I will check and correct!
I will add more as the year progresses
These google docs provide suggested videos or reading for each unit in the module -- mainly Khan Academy or OpenStax.
I am not really recommending these -- my son didn't find them very useful. I'm listing them for completeness.
https://ptsaberkeleyhigh.wixsite.com/bhsmath - BHS Math Survival Kit, provided by the BHS PTSA (Parent-Teacher-Student Association). If you are stuck and looking for instructional videos, there are links to instruction videos for many of the Ready-Set-Go problems.
https://sites.google.com/berkeley.net/math3/ - Math 3 Support Site, from the BHS Math Department. This is the official site that many of the teachers will point you to. Some of the videos here are very good and worth watching. But many topics are not covered at all. For example, there's no video on polynomial long division.